Sagarmatha Friendship 2017 was the first joint army drill between armies of Nepal and China.[1] It was hosted in Nepal by the Nepali Army in 2017 at Kathmandu based Maharajgunj Training School.[2] The joint drill was focused in counter insurgency and counter terrorism. The drill lasted for 10 days from 16 to 25 April 2017.[3] The drill was inaugurated by Major General Binod Kumar Shrestha from the Nepali army and Colonel Yang Shumeng from the People's Liberation Army of China.[4] A 22-member delegation from the Chinese special force led by Colonel Yang Shumeng had come to join the training.[1] The initial planned size was a battalion-scale military exercises, however, due to opposition from India, the drill was scaled down.[3]
Nepal had proposed joint military exercises during Chinese Defence Minister General Chang Wanquan’s official visit to Nepal on March 24, 2017.[2]
The drill was concluded by Lieutenant General Baldev Raj Mahat and Major General Zhang Jiangang.[1]
References
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- ^ a b "Nepal scaled down drills with China due to India: Chinese media". The Financial Express. 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ^ "Sagarmatha Friendship 2017: Nepal-China joint military drill kicks off". The Himalayan Times. 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
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